@adbrandt: Allen to receive $32M over four years, with $15.5M guaranteed, per @MikeGarafolo. Translation: contract is 2 years, $15.5 million._________________John Fox
2-9 this season, 8-19 overall, 3-10 at home

In all seriousness this is a good signing when you consider it's basically only a 2-year $15.5 million pact. I had a feeling the Bears were after Allen's services even though it didn't seem like it with nothing being reported of their interest in him, but that's just the way Emery likes to operates...under the radar.

My question now is does this mean Houston slides inside to DT as an every down player with Allen and Young being the base ends?... or will one of these two be a situational pass rusher as part of a rotation with Houston playing DE on the majority of snaps and kicking into DT on obvious passing downs?

In all seriousness this is a good signing when you consider it's basically only a 2-year $15.5 million pact. I had a feeling the Bears were after Allen's services even though it didn't seem like it with nothing being reported of their interest in him, but that's just the way Emery likes to operates...under the radar.

My question now is does this mean Houston slides inside to DT as an every down player with Allen and Young being the base ends?... or will one of these two be a situational pass rusher as part of a rotation with Houston playing DE on the majority of snaps and kicking into DT on obvious passing downs?

My guess is that what is available to us in the draft is probably going to dictate that. My guess would be that they probably take a DT somewhere in rounds 2-4 and a high upside pass rusher DE late, but I don't think either position is going to be looked at in the first round now, and yes I mean that I think that Aaron Donald is probably off our radar right now. We have added 3 new starting caliber DL plus retained Ratliff who can start, kept Collins who is a depth guy and brought back another depth guy in Idonije. Meanwhile, our equally bad and much older secondary has been bolstered only by adding Ryan Mundy and MD Jennings, and Tillman and Hayden are on the wrong side of 30 and on one year deals. I think at this point we are going BPA at DB early, and probably two of our first 3 picks. Ideally that means a trade down with us having 3 picks in the top 64. Our more immediate need is at S though (don't need a starting corner until next season) so I think we are looking at Clinton-Dix or Pryor now. My opinion. Others will surely disagree.